I have more to post about Melbourne, but today has been all about goodbyes and sitting here in my packed up room it's hitting me hard core that I'm leaving in approximately 24 hours!!!!!!!!! Leaving the states was hard but it was different because I knew I would be back, and I knew exactly when. This time it feels like I'm saying goodbye to home but don't know when I'll be back. I have to tell myself that one day I will be back, but not knowing when makes it hard and knowing that it will may never be "home" again adds a whole heap of sadness. So after like 2 weeks of totally being ready to head stateside, the final days have been filled with thoughts of maybe I'm not so ready...
The last 5 months have been such an amazing experience. Words can't even describe, well my use of them anyways:)
But perhaps to remind myself someday of why I loved this place so much here we go.
Reasons why Sydney is oh so fabulous (in no particular order):
1. The harbor.....the best way to spend a sunny day or a warm night is on a boat.
2. The opera house/harbor bridge combination......gorgeous.every.time.
3. The public transportation.......yes we've had our ups and downs. and yes its definitely not the best one ever. but seriously I love hopping on the train and having it take you somewhere new. and when you don't have a car the public transportation is particularly helpful.
4. The fact that it's International city.....not sure if that's really the best way to say it, but I love that Sydney is so globally influenced. in it's people and food.
5. The beaches........there are so many.they are all fabulous.
6. The Taronga zoo........how many places have a zoo with those views?? oh wait NONE.
7. The shopping......so everyone says Melbourne is the place for shopping, but I think Sydney is pretty awesome too. Heaps of malls and plenty of quirky, cute, and awesome little shops too.
8. The people.....seriously some of the coolest ones I've ever met live here and I'm gonna miss my Sydneysiders and all those who pretended to be Sydneysiders with me(aka all my other exchange peeps).
9. The suburbs....I love that a lot of suburbs totally have different vibes. And there are soooo many. It's slightly ridiculous.
10. The Saturday markets....this city has soooo many fantasmic ones. and I've loved every.single.one.
11. The city life....there are usually some cool shenanigans going on. Sydney is a happening place.
12. The Blue Mountains.....I love that you can head out of the city and leave it totally behind and enjoy the gorgeousness out there.
13. The food........Max Brennar's, cutesy cafes, kebabs, fish and chips, hot cross buns, timtams, cadbury, yum cha, and everything else that has ended up in my belly that was delicious.
14. The accents......yes Australians you have them. I think being surrounded by the American one again is gonna drive me batty (too many actual pronunciations of 'r'!!!haha)
15. The fact that it's in Australia........while I've loved Sydney, I've also loved jetting off to explore other parts of Oz as well. going to miss that for sure.
16. The shortened words.......honestly most of them are just soooo much better.
17. The school uniforms......probably only because I never had to wear them, but little kids just look so cute in uniforms.
18. The metric system......even though I mostly still have no idea how much 10kgs is or how far 30kms is I know in my heart that it just makes so much more sense. Although I did not develop such a fondness for Celsius. Fahrenheit is still better.
19. The Aussie BBQs......sausages are just soooo much better than hotdogs. no contest.
20. Eastwood....yes it's true I've fallen for this quirky, quacky suburb I call a home. Although I'm pretty sure I still wouldn't want to live here forever.
There is a lot of love happening. And I'm gonna miss it all. But someday I will for sure be back:) So until we meet again Australia.....
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